
The Deadly Art of Cross-Examination
Whenever someone thinks of the courtroom, one of the things that they think about is Cross Examination. It is certainly the most exciting part of a trial, it is where the lawyer is face-to-face with a witness. In some movies and TV shows, the lawyer is tough, the witness is sweating, on the ropes, and the lawyer is about to make the knockout punch. In others, the lawyer is getting pushed around by a cunning witness, losing control. We see this in My Cousin Vinny, where, on cr